POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 8, 1973
1

Top Of The World

Carpenters

—

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 1

2

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

↑ 1

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 3

3

The Most Beautiful Girl

Charlie Rich

↑ 7

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 10

4

Just You 'n' Me

Chicago

↑ 2

Peak: 4 • 19 wks • Prev: 6

5

Photograph

Ringo Starr

↓ 3

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 2

6

Space Race

Billy Preston

↓ 2

Peak: 4 • 18 wks • Prev: 4

7

The Love I Lost (Part 1)

Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes

↑ 1

Peak: 7 • 18 wks • Prev: 8

8

Hello It's Me

Todd Rundgren

↑ 3

Peak: 5 • 20 wks • Prev: 11

9

Keep On Truckin' (Part 1)

Eddie Kendricks

↓ 4

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 5

10

Leave Me Alone (ruby Red Dress)

Helen Reddy

↑ 3

Peak: 3 • 16 wks • Prev: 13

11

Midnight Train To Georgia

Gladys Knight And The Pips

↓ 4

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 7

12

If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)

The Staple Singers

↑ 2

Peak: 9 • 16 wks • Prev: 14

13

Time In A Bottle

Jim Croce

↑ 5

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 18

14

Heartbeat - It's A Lovebeat

The DeFranco Family featuring Tony DeFranco

↓ 5

Peak: 3 • 17 wks • Prev: 9

15

The Joker

The Steve Miller Band

↑ 7

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 22

16

Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up

Barry White

↑ 4

Peak: 7 • 18 wks • Prev: 20

17

Let Me Serenade You

Three Dog Night

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Peak: 17 • 12 wks • Prev: 17

18

Paper Roses

Marie Osmond

↓ 6

Peak: 5 • 16 wks • Prev: 12

19

My Music

Loggins & Messina

↑ 7

Peak: 16 • 13 wks • Prev: 26

20

Rockin' Roll Baby

The Stylistics

↑ 4

Peak: 14 • 18 wks • Prev: 24

21

I Got A Name

Jim Croce

↓ 5

Peak: 10 • 17 wks • Prev: 16

22

Come Get To This

Marvin Gaye

↑ 3

Peak: 21 • 13 wks • Prev: 25

23

Living For The City

Stevie Wonder

↑ 6

Peak: 8 • 17 wks • Prev: 29

24

MIND GAMES

John Lennon

↑ 6

Peak: 18 • 13 wks • Prev: 30

25

Cheaper To Keep Her

Johnnie Taylor

↓ 10

Peak: 15 • 11 wks • Prev: 15

26

Angie

The Rolling Stones

↓ 7

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 19

27

Show And Tell

Al Wilson

↑ 6

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 33

28

You're A Special Part Of Me

Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye

↓ 7

Peak: 12 • 12 wks • Prev: 21

29

Who's In The Strawberry Patch With Sally

Tony Orlando & Dawn

↑ 3

Peak: 27 • 12 wks • Prev: 32

30

D'yer Mak'er

Led Zeppelin

↑ 6

Peak: 20 • 16 wks • Prev: 36

31

Helen Wheels

Paul McCartney And Wings

↑ 11

Peak: 10 • 13 wks • Prev: 42

32

All I Know

Garfunkel

↓ 9

Peak: 9 • 14 wks • Prev: 23

33

Smokin' In The Boy's Room

Brownsville Station

↑ 8

Peak: 3 • 19 wks • Prev: 41

34

Why Me

Kris Kristofferson

↓ 3

Peak: 16 • 38 wks • Prev: 31

35

I've Got To Use My Imagination

Gladys Knight And The Pips

↑ 15

Peak: 4 • 16 wks • Prev: 50

36

Be

Neil Diamond

↓ 2

Peak: 34 • 9 wks • Prev: 34

37

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Bob Dylan

↓ 10

Peak: 12 • 16 wks • Prev: 27

38

Me And Baby Brother

War

↑ 6

Peak: 15 • 15 wks • Prev: 44

40

Some Guys Have All The Luck

The Persuaders

↑ 9

Peak: 39 • 11 wks • Prev: 49

41

Nutbush City Limits

Ike & Tina Turner

↓ 3

Peak: 22 • 15 wks • Prev: 38

42

Half-Breed

Cher

↓ 7

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 35

43

Ooh Baby

Gilbert O'Sullivan

↓ 15

Peak: 25 • 10 wks • Prev: 28

44

Let Me Be There

Olivia Newton-John

↑ 16

Peak: 6 • 19 wks • Prev: 60

45

Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)

Aretha Franklin

↑ 24

Peak: 3 • 21 wks • Prev: 69

46

We May Never Pass This Way (Again)

Seals & Crofts

↓ 9

Peak: 21 • 12 wks • Prev: 37

47

Fell For You

The Dramatics

↓ 2

Peak: 45 • 10 wks • Prev: 45

48

I Can't Stand The Rain

Ann Peebles

↑ 7

Peak: 38 • 21 wks • Prev: 55

49

Painted Ladies

Ian Thomas

↑ 4

Peak: 34 • 14 wks • Prev: 53

50

Mammy Blue

Stories

↑ 1

Peak: 50 • 8 wks • Prev: 51

51

Ramblin Man

The Allman Brothers Band

↓ 12

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 39

52

Never Let You Go

Bloodstone

↓ 5

Peak: 43 • 14 wks • Prev: 47

53

I Found Sunshine

The Chi-lites

↑ 4

Peak: 47 • 10 wks • Prev: 57

54

Sweet Understanding Love

Four Tops

↓ 14

Peak: 33 • 9 wks • Prev: 40

55

When I Fall In Love/Are You Lonesome Tonight

Donny Osmond

↑ 17

Peak: 14 • 13 wks • Prev: 72

56

Tell Her She's Lovely

El Chicano

↑ 5

Peak: 40 • 10 wks • Prev: 61

57

This Time I'm Gone For Good

Bobby "Blue" Bland

↑ 7

Peak: 42 • 13 wks • Prev: 64

58

Check It Out

Tavares

↓ 10

Peak: 35 • 12 wks • Prev: 48

59

Pretty Lady

Lighthouse

↑ 3

Peak: 53 • 8 wks • Prev: 62

60

Keep Your Head To The Sky

Earth, Wind & Fire

↑ 14

Peak: 52 • 11 wks • Prev: 74

61

Spiders & Snakes

Jim Stafford

↑ 10

Peak: 3 • 23 wks • Prev: 71

62

"Having A Party" Medley

The Ovations (Featuring Louis Williams)

↓ 6

Peak: 56 • 9 wks • Prev: 56

63

Dream On

Aerosmith

↓ 4

Peak: 6 • 29 wks • Prev: 59

64

Walk Like A Man

Grand Funk

↑ 11

Peak: 19 • 12 wks • Prev: 75

65

Sister Mary Elephant (Shudd-Up!)

Cheech & Chong

↑ 12

Peak: 24 • 12 wks • Prev: 77

66

Country Sunshine

Dottie West

↓ 8

Peak: 49 • 11 wks • Prev: 58

67

Sail Around The World

David Gates

↓ 13

Peak: 50 • 8 wks • Prev: 54

68

Smarty Pants

First Choice

↑ 12

Peak: 56 • 8 wks • Prev: 80

69

A Song I'd Like To Sing

Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge

↑ 14

Peak: 49 • 10 wks • Prev: 83

70

River

Joe Simon

↑ 8

Peak: 62 • 7 wks • Prev: 78

71

My Old School

Steely Dan

↓ 8

Peak: 63 • 9 wks • Prev: 63

72

American Tune

Paul Simon

↑ 10

Peak: 35 • 10 wks • Prev: 82

73

The Way We Were

Barbra Streisand

↑ 14

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 87

74

I Wanna Know Your Name

The Intruders

↑ 2

Peak: 60 • 13 wks • Prev: 76

75

It's All Over

The Independents

↓ 10

Peak: 65 • 4 wks • Prev: 65

76

I Don't Know What It Is, But It Sure Is Funky

Ripple

↓ 9

Peak: 67 • 6 wks • Prev: 67

77

Let Me Try Again (Laisse Moi Le Temps)

Frank Sinatra

↑ 4

Peak: 63 • 10 wks • Prev: 81

78

The River Of Love

B.W. Stevenson

↑ 10

Peak: 53 • 7 wks • Prev: 88

79

Love's Theme

Love Unlimited Orchestra

↑ 10

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 89

80

Rock On

David Essex

↑ 4

Peak: 5 • 25 wks • Prev: 84

81

Blue Collar

Bachman-Turner Overdrive

↑ 5

Peak: 68 • 6 wks • Prev: 86

82

If We Make It Through December

Merle Haggard

↑ 10

Peak: 28 • 11 wks • Prev: 92

83

Ain't Got No Home

The Band

↑ 10

Peak: 73 • 7 wks • Prev: 93

84

Baby Come Close

Smokey Robinson

↑ 1

Peak: 27 • 16 wks • Prev: 85

85

Livin' For You

Al Green

★ NEW

Peak: 19 • 11 wks

86

Love Me For What I Am/there Ain't No Way

Lobo

★ NEW

Peak: 86 • 2 wks

87

Showdown

Electric Light Orchestra

↑ 3

Peak: 53 • 18 wks • Prev: 90

88

Little Girl Gone

Donna Fargo

↓ 22

Peak: 57 • 10 wks • Prev: 66

89

Come Live With Me

Ray Charles

↑ 2

Peak: 82 • 6 wks • Prev: 91

90

Big Time Operator

Keith Hampshire

★ NEW

Peak: 81 • 4 wks

91

Love, Reign O'er Me

The Who

↑ 6

Peak: 76 • 5 wks • Prev: 97

92

Love Has No Pride

Linda Ronstadt

↑ 7

Peak: 51 • 11 wks • Prev: 99

93

Stoned To The Bone - Part 1

James Brown

↑ 3

Peak: 58 • 11 wks • Prev: 96

94

This Is Your Song

Don Goodwin

★ NEW

Peak: 86 • 8 wks

95

Last Kiss

Wednesday

—

Peak: 34 • 18 wks • Prev: 95

96

Half A Million Miles From Home

Albert Hammond

↑ 4

Peak: 87 • 5 wks • Prev: 100

97

I Love

Tom T. Hall

★ NEW

Peak: 12 • 16 wks

98

I'm A Rocker

Raspberries

★ NEW

Peak: 94 • 3 wks

99

I Like To Live The Love

B.B. King

★ NEW

Peak: 28 • 16 wks

100

Jungle Boogie

Kool & The Gang

★ NEW

Peak: 4 • 22 wks

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